Category Archives: Mould Toxin

RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Dried Figs

Posted on April 11, 2020 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF – ochratoxin A (39.7 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Spain in Switzerland

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RASFF Alert – DON – Mycotoxin – Durum Wheat

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RASFF – deoxynivalenol (DON) (4023.1 µg/kg – ppb) in durum wheat from Italy in Italy

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Hong Kong – Food Alert Not to consume a batch of bottled fruit juice drink contaminated with patulin

Posted on April 9, 2020 by | Leave a comment

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Issue Date 8.4.2020
Source of Information Routine Surveillance Programme
Food Product A bottled fruit juice drink imported from New Zealand
Product Name and Description Product name: 100% Raw Apple Juice with Manuka Honey, Lemon & Ginger

Country of origin: New Zealand

Manufacturer: The Homegrown Juice Company

Importer: The Dairy Farm Company Limited

Volume : 1 litre per bottle

Best-before date: June 21, 2020
Reason For Issuing Alert
  • The test result showed that the sample contained patulin at a level of 150 parts per billion (ppb), exceeding the action level of 50ppb adopted by the CFS.
  • Patulin mostly occurs in rotten apple and its products. Generally speaking, apple juice with a low level of patulin will not cause acute intoxification. However, studies have shown that gastrointestinal hyperaemia, distension, haemorrhage and ulceration could be resulted if animals are exposed to high levels of patulin over a short period of time.
Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety
  • The CFS has informed the importer concerned of the irregularity, and the importer has stopped sale and removed from shelves the affected batch of the product and initiated a recall according to the CFS’ instructions.
  • Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
Advice to the Trade
  • Stop using or selling the affected products immediately if they possess them.
Advice to Consumers
  • Not to consume the affected products.
Further Information The CFS press release

 

Members of the public may call the company’s hotline at 2299 1133 for enquiries about the recall during office

 

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USA – U.S. lacks sufficient aflatoxin checks on peanuts destined for Europe

Posted on April 6, 2020 by | Leave a comment

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The United States has limited controls to manage aflatoxin contamination in peanuts for export to Europe, according to findings from an audit carried out because of regular detection of non-compliances.

Officials from DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for food safety and health, said there was scope to develop and improve good practices across the industry to help reduce levels of aflatoxin in peanuts.

The audit assessed if the systems to control aflatoxin contamination in peanuts sent to the European Union comply with, or are equivalent to, EU laws to ensure limits for contaminants are respected. It found the legal framework primarily addresses peanuts for the domestic market and imports. There are no specific standards for peanuts intended for the EU.

It is possible for processors to export a lot to Europe which has, in the analysis of another sample from the same lot, had a result exceeding EU limits, according to DG Sante.

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Research – Testing important to monitor mycotoxin risk to animals

Posted on April 4, 2020 by | Leave a comment

Feed Strategy

Wet corn harvests in 2018 and 2019 mean producers must closely track the levels of mycotoxins in feed

“Everybody needs to test because there’s a broad variation in risk across the country,” he said in a webinar on mycotoxin management on March 31. “If we don’t test, we can’t understand what that risk is, and we have to understand the risk in order to formulate a program.”

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Groundnut Kernels – Shelled Groundnuts – Dried Figs

Posted on April 3, 2020 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 30; Tot. = 34 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 10.9 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled groundnuts from the United States in Norway

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 14.7; Tot. = 23.3 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Spain in Switzerland

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A- Sultanas

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RASFF – ochratoxin A (16.7 µg/kg – ppb) in sultanas from Turkey in Germany

 

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RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Fumonsins – Corn Flour

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RASFF – fumonisins (3048 µg/kg – ppb) in corn flour from Germany in Belgium

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed Alfatoxins – Blanched Groundnut Kernels – Birdfeed – Rice Meal

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 28.8 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched groundnut kernels from Argentina in the UK

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 66 µg/kg – ppb) in kernels for birdfeed from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 36.4 µg/kg – ppb) in rice meal from France, via the Netherlands in Belgium

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Raisins

Posted on March 27, 2020 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF – ochratoxin A (13.8 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Uzbekistan in Latvia

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